I've done all I can to make him see reason - I think he's beyond hopethe car was smashed beyond any hope of repairthe system is wasteful and corrupt. It is quite beyond hopeany engine parts beyond hope are identified for their metal type and dispatched for shredding

to build one's hopes up (about or over sth)hacerse ilusiones (con algo)

/I don't want you to build your hopes up/, but I'll have a word with Fred tomorrow

to be full of hopeestar lleno de esperanzas or ilusión

I woke up every morning full of hopeshe was full of hope that they would manage to save his leg

to get one's hopes up (about or over sth)hacerse ilusiones (con algo)

don't get your hopes upno te hagas ilusiones

there is no reason for people to get their hopes up over this

to give up hope (of doing sth)perder las esperanzas (de hacer algo)

I'd almost given up hopeI'd given up hope of ever finding oneyou mustn't give up hopebut Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit

to have hopes of doing sthtener esperanzas de hacer algo

I haven't much hope of succeedingno tengo muchas esperanzas de conseguirlo;I had great hopes of or for himtenía muchas esperanzas puestas en él

they have hopes of increasing trade between the two regionsnow that he is president, many people have hope for genuine change in the systemhe had no great hopes for the success of his undertaking

he set out with high hopesempezó lleno de esperanzas or ilusión;empezó con muchas esperanzas

Britain have high hopes of winning the gold medal[in] the hope that .../of (doing) sth

I ignored him in the hope that he would go awayno le hice caso con la esperanza de que se fuera

he drifted from place to place in the hope of finding workto [live] in hope

few people now place any hope for peace in diplomatic moveshe is putting his hope in the next round of talksthe Manet brothers placed high hopes on the saleshe would never again place her hopes in HughCambodians are placing their hopes for peace on Sihanouk's returnHer Majesty is putting her hopes in Prince William becoming the perfect monarch

she glanced around the hall, hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting

to hope for sthesperar algo

it's the best we can hope forno podemos esperar nada mejor;we're hoping for a boy this timeesta vez esperamos que sea niño;I shouldn't hope for too much from this meetingno depositaría muchas esperanzas en esta reunión;I always knew it was too much to hope forsiempre supe que era mucho pedir;we'll just have to hope for the bestesperemos que todo salga bien;I'm just going to enter the competition and hope for the bestvoy a presentarme al concurso y que sea lo que Dios quiera

some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the bestwe plan for the worst, we hope for the bestthey're hoping for the best but expecting the worstsome parents just give their children a book about sex and hope for the bestto hope for the bestto hope for better days/thingsto hope in sth/sb

to hope in Godconfiar en Dios

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hope chest (n)(US)ajuar (m) (de novia)

she works less towards a big career than as a way of filling a hope chest or buying a home freezer